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The Rays added an infielder to their player pool named Ford Proctor, in the "Name That Sounds Way Too Much Like A Make and Model of Car" category...
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In the Braves-Marlins game, Adam Duvall hit a 2 run home run, a 3 run home run and a grand slam (9 RBIs!!). He needed just the solo shot to be the first Major Leaguer ever to hit the home run cycle...
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As much as we complain about the pitching, how many people realize that the Sox put up 13 runs on opening day and haven't had a double digit run day since? Now they do have a disadvantage in that they never get to face Red Sox pitching...
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The Sox pitching is bad, But look around the league today, The Tigers' pitching gave up 19 runs, and didn't even come close to having the worst day in the league. The Braves have put up 29 (and counting) on the Marlins. (Sox worst to date is 17.)
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The Kinsler trade didn't work out? The Sox wanted to shore up 2B defense. Kinsler won a Gold Glove that year. We weren't going to get that out of Eduardo Nunez. And Kinsler got to fulfill two long-held dreams - 1) Win a World Series, and 2) finally take a job away from Dustin Pedroia...
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It does depends on their faith in Jarren Duran at some point. I would think a one year stopgap (with a team option?) in CF should suffice...
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There is a lot there. The Red Sox put Hall of Famers in left field for 50 consecutive seasons and did not win a title in even one of them. Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Ty Cobb rank 2-5 in career fWAR (behind Babe Ruth) with a combined total of exactly 600 fWAR. They also have combined for fewer World Series rings than Pablo Sandoval ...
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They were willing to do so with an older and (I think) riskier David Price...
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Marcus Semien will not make up for losing Mookie. Verdugo is taking a little sting out of it, however...
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9/08 SOX @ Phillies
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
He was by Philly.. -
9/08 SOX @ Phillies
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Well, Willie Calhoun fields like he is wearing a Gold Glove... -
9/08 SOX @ Phillies
notin replied to SPLENDIDSPLINTER's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Or "And I'm the guy who got DFA'd?!?!?" -
So did Masterson...
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It doesn't hurt that we traded away a couple like Frankie Montas and Justin Masterson, and converted some of the better ones left into relievers, like Barnes and Papelbon. To say it's the scouting or development is probably not correct, since this goes back nearly two decades. And if you discount Lester and Buchholz, you have to go back to Aaron Sele in 1991 to find a SP who worked out for the Sox. That spans nearly 30 years and over half a dozen GMs and probably hundreds of scouts and minor league coaches. At this point, it is getting far too coincidental for my liking. Maybe part of the reason is the Sox have had a habit of filling the rotation with veteran arms as they could afford them, and simply dealt their better pitching prospects away or converted them to bullpen arms...
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At age 19, Lars Anderson posted a .828 OPS in 533 plate appearances in A ball and a .975 OPS is 47 PA in High A-ball At age 19, Triston Casas posted an .820 OPS in 493 PA in A ball and a 1.429 OPS in 14 PA in high A ball. Very similar, especially since Casas High A resume is built on so few plate appearances (and two of his 3 hits went for extra bases, including 1 HR)... Anderson debuted in MLB 3 years later, but was a complete flop. This doesn't mean Casas will be a dud like Anderson, but it might give some semblance of his timeline...
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Devers looks to have one corner INF spot locked up for a few years. Beyond that, the other corner is wide open for the time being.
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It might be a tad early to worry about logjams created by A ball players. There is no such thing as a player in A-ball being blocked...
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Welcome to the 2020 Red Sox..
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It's also not exactly an easy hole to address. Using higher draft picks on pitchers can have mixed results. Trey Ball being a prime example. Ball was a flop, but he was hardly a reach as a bad draft pick. Every mock draft I saw had him in the 7 to 15 range in the first round. So the Sox likely took him at their only chance. Ball just did not work out. Groome looked like an excellent pick at the time, and was a definite feather in DD's cap. Until the injuries set in and basically kept him from pitching at all. Had Groome stayed healthy, he would probably be making his debut this season or next...
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I don't fault DD for that one. He acquired a cheap controllable reliever for an expendable, easy-to-replace player and a good minor leaguer. It was actually an odd move from a guy known for ignoring bullpens. That it did not work out due to injury is not Dombrowski's fault. The Carson Smith trade was a good move at the time for largely the same reasons. Unless there were medical concerns DD ignored (which he is wont to do)...
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Chavis is a role player. Dalbec is trying to be a starter. I like that they are trying Chavis in the outfield, although I know it's more out of him being a warm body not named Peraza...
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That's an option?!
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Baltimore, Detroit, and Seattle are all within 2 games of the Yankees for the last playoff spot. This week, the Yankees and Orioles play a surprisingly crucial 4 game series. (Both teams have 3 games left against the Red Sox.)...
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One thing we need to stop doing is letting the Guardians poach all the good local pitchers. Do some local scouting, Bloom!!
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But he is still maintaining his FIP, which uses strikeouts as a factor...
